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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
PERSONALS.

DR.. McGlynn does not like high-soupd-
ing titles. He prefers to be called a jaw
| smith rather than an orator.
Joe Jefferson acted as auctioneer in
selling the boxes at the Star theater, in
Few York, for Mr.. Cauldock's benefit
May 10.
Jesse Grant, the youngest sun of Gen
eral Grant, is the father of bouncing
| boy, which is the especial favorite of his
grandmother.
William K. Vanderbilt has offered
| $500, 900 for Miss Wolfe's Newport house,
Oinland. The property will 60 to Louis
l.. Lorrilard.
President McCoGh, of Princeton col
legs, says that institution has a perfect
| right to the title of university, and he is
In favor of assuming it.
Senator Cameron is to be one of q con-
gressional fishing party which will leave
Washington in few days for the trout
streams that empty into the Potomac.
Miss Mary Garrett, sister of Robert
G arrett, has made proposition to the
tr ustees of John Hopkins university to
Sc tile on the institution $500 year
0 n condition that it is removed to Clifton,
Nd, the country seat of the founder of
the university
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
ledge WaNem's Political Proverbs.

Warrington Letter.
Patriotism mighty frequently goes off
half cooked.
The American eagle don't lay no Anar-
chist aigs.
When q statesman don't aim at no end
except his couutry's his constituents git
another statesman to succeed him as soon
as then kin.
Eff nobody but honest men could hold
Office, thar would be business panic in
politics.
All Christians amt congressman, and
viva voce.
Most people that holds Office seems to
think that gittin' the Office is all that is
required ov' them.
Political stock that don't declare no
dividends is a heavy drug on the II ar
ket.
It's mighty seldom thar's an Office so
small you can't find a man small enough
to ft il.
Justice is blindfolded, but she holds
pair of stillards in her hand SOS she kin
tell the difference between the heft of
dollar and dime.
The bible hain't never been popular as
a campaign document.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
MAKING EXPLOSIVES.
Nerve and Indifference to Danger Rsquisit for
Workmen.
San Francisco Call.

No hospitals are ever required GROUND
dynamite factory, as the wounded are
seldom found. In large establishment,
where immense quantities of powder are
constantly being handled, there is never
an explosion except it is very serious
one, and all who are within reach ar 9
killed outright. Powder men realize
this fact, and always assert with resigna-
ton if anything happens they don't expect
TO know anything about it. To be scat
tered into fragments instantly is their
full expectation. The chief dread con-
nected with the manufacture of all high
explosives is the unaccou ntableness of
many explosions. From atmospheric
conditions and other unknown and I'M
controllable causes explosions often oc-
cur in mysterious and unaacouutable
manner. Gelatine is the most powerful
explosive now used. 1t is compound of
gun-,ottoa and nitro-glycerine. which
must be mixed together till it
resembles thick, dark paste,
like stiff fruit jelly. The workmeu
mix it in pan as woman mixes -four
and water into dough. The hands are
covered with long rubber gloves. This
gelatine powder or paste is twice rs pow
erfui as dynamite, and there is quite de-
msnd for it in blasting the hardes. rock
in railroad tunnels. most stupen ious
exhibition of nerve and Goodness is some
times required in the life of a man who
works on dynamite. One year ago, in a
local factory, a 1000 pound tank of nitro
glycerine suddenly caught fire. Flames
six feet high burst from the surface
of the fluid, Superintendent Frank Roller
and Foreman Erick Starke were present
and they Immediately turned compressed
air into the tank, and by other means
suppressed the flashes. 1t must be re-
membered that nitro ycerine will burn
till a heat of about $50 degrees is reached
and then it will explode. If the fire can
be exiting uishsd before that degree of
heat is reached, there will be no serious
consequences. In the the above instances
it was the safer course to try to put out
the flames, as, if an explosion was to oc-
cur, 1t would come too quickly to allow
escape to safe distance. A MAJ under
such circumstances, however, is more Ii
able to use his legs than his thinking fac
ulties. If that tank had exploded, its
mate, standing within six feet of it,would
also have exploded, sending up 5000
pounds of nitro glycerine in one fash.
The defamation would, no doubt, have
been sensibly felt in all parts of the
state.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29

Kansas Farmer
large per cent. of the colts raised
will be bred by farmers, and large per
cent. of live colts are raised by farmers
having but few mares than by the large
breeders. A farmer can do his work and
raise colt from each mare nearly every
year, but he ought to have three to do
the work that is expected of two that do
not raise colts, The mare can do reas-
enable amount of work up to the time of
foaling, but should not be overloaded or
hurried, or have fast road. work the last
months. The best time for colts to come
is as soon as there is good feed, and if
earlier ones are expected, the mares must
have good patch of early sown rye to
run on few hours every day. l have
made practice of letting my mar s
have good bite of rye after the days
work is done, and it does not seem to
spoil their appetite for dry feed as it
does in cattle, and believe the colts are
stronger and the mares have more milk.
The grain feed must be regulated accord
ing to the work done and the animal,
some requiring double the grain that
others do. A mixture of equal parts by
weight of chopped corn, rye and bran
makes good feed; but if they can be
had oats are as good as anything for two
feeds day. The mares ought rot to be
worked for a week after foalixg, and
should be used carefully. If not . good
mixer fed more bran or oats, and if she
will drink slop made of bran and
ground oats and handful of oil meal
with water enough to make it like a thin
cruel, it will increase the dow of milk
wonderfully. Most horses can be laugh,
to drink it. If the colts could have q
chance to suck every two or three hours
it is is best for them not to follow the
mare when at work; bat most farmers
will find it more convenient to let the
colts follow the mare, and if there are
two they will soon learn to stay together
and not follow the mares all the time. II
the mares run onrye some would object
to their rolling in the dirt. l will admit
they do not look as clean, but always have
dusty look, but they will do better and
be in better condition for work.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
Free Rides.

II suppose you think" said a veteran
conductor the other day, that all people
who try to beat their fares are tramps, or
very poor people, or old FOUNDERS trying
to steal ride. Bless your soul, you were
never more mistaken in your life! A
mong the people we have on our line who
try to beat their fares, and who will lie,
shuttle, and often insult the conductor
who endeavors to collect cash or make
them produce ticket which he knows
they have, is one wealthy man, and a
large number who ought to know that it
is as dishonest to cheat a corporation as
to cheat their own neighbors. The man
l have in mind more particularly usually
buys a communication ticket; then he Dor
rows from an acquaintance, who may be
sick or fIom some other reason does not
care to use it, a season ticket, which he
tenders when the conductor comes around.
He worked this trick quite successfully
until enc day he was caught, and the con
duetor took up the season ticket, and
made him pay cash besides.
Another way he has is to buy a ticket
from Podunk to South Podunk and trust
checking his way to Boston by swearing
that he gave the conductor Boston tic
ket. Still another OF his schemes is to
get into crowded car of a through train
crowd into seat next to the window, and
there feign to be sound asleep, like n man
Who had been travelling all day. The con-
,luctor, he thinks, will mistake him for
one of the through passengers whose tic
ket has been taken up. The other day
when he was confronted with the 5-cent
ticket he had purchased with the inten-
ton of getting fifty cents worth of trav-
Ell, he called the conductor liar. Then
there is still another way: He plans it to
take train which is run by new con-
ductor. When the latter dem ands tic
ket, he asks angrily, How many times dc
yon collect fares on this liner Ten
chances to one the new conductor apollo
gises and then passes on. There are
more than one hundred ways used by peo-
pie in trying to evade the payment of
fares, and every superintendent in Boston
has list of would be fare-evadess that
would Great establishment if puolis Sed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
Parsons and Washers.

An English clergyman who has recently
accepted the living of st. James.clapham
tells story of An address to Sunday
school, in which he was trying to impress
upon the children that the wearing of O
Uniform is distinction and involved re-
sponsibility. He said:
"You see a man walking very erect
dressed in red coat; who is hs?"
"A soldier, SIR"
Right. You SEE man wearing a he'll
met and dressed in blue: who is her"
"a policeman, sir"
"Right again :" Then he braced him
self up to sketch parson. You see a
man dressed in black coat, and wearing
astif white collar; who is hep
"A masher, sir"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
ODDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS

The Delaware senate defeated the house
high license bill.
Mayor Roche, of Chicago, has received
$500 applications for office.
The German national council has voted
450, 900 francs toward the construction OF
the Simplon railway tunnel through the
Alps.
The legislature of Ontario, by q vote OF
SO to rs, adopted a resolution of sym
patty with Ireland, and expressed regret
that coercion is about to be rssorted to.
At a meeting held in Kalamazoo to raise
funds for a building for the Young Mems
Christian association, Senator Stock
bridge and another citizen subscribed
40 600 each
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29

recommended, donned the shirts of chain
armor which the king had sent us. putting
them under our ordinary clothing, and ind
ing, to our surprise, that they were neither
very heavy nor uncomfortable. These steel
shirts, which had evidently been made for
men of a very large stature, hung somewhat
loosely upon Good and myself Then strap
ping our revolvers round our waists. and
taking the battle-axes which the king had
sent with the armor in our hands, We
started
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29


Orchard grass is another good grass
for woodlands AS it does we'll in the shade.
Like bluegrass, it is palatable, nutritious
and enjoys close cropping; and unlike
blue grass, resists drouth well, hence will
afford grazing whea the blue grass has
died down in midsummer. 1t may be
sown together with the blue grass. Red
top and red clover grow luxuriantly in
a rich woodland soil. Very nearly as
much pasturage can be had from wood
land, as from cleared land, and the ad
vantage of shade, and the "mast" of the
hickory and oak more than make up
the difference. How large might be the
returns gained from their woodlands is
thought which has not yet entered even
the dreams of many of our people, who
would be very greatly and agreeably sur
prised by results were the seeding down
to tame grasses to be undertaken.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
CHAPTER y.
THE wIrCUHU Nj.

On reaehng our hut | motioned to lnfa-
docs 10 enter with us.
Now, Intadoos," l said, I'VE would
speak with thee"
Let my Lords say on
1t seems TO us, Infadoos, that Twala. the
king, is cruel man."
ut is so, my Lords. Alas! the land cries
out with his cruelties. Tonight ye will see
1t IS the great witch-hunt and many will be
smelled ont as wizards and slain. No mans
life Is safe. Ii the king covets mans cat
tie, or n mans life, or il he fears a man that
he should excite a rebellion against him,
then Gagool, whom We saw, or some of the
witch-iinding women whom she has taught
Will smell that man out rs n wizard, aud he
will be killed. Many will lie before the
moon grows pale tonight 1t is ever so.
Perhaps | shall be killed. As yet | have
been spared. because | am skilled IN war,
aud beloved by the soldiers; but know not
how long shall live. The land groanS al
tue crueltles Of 'rwala, the king; II is wearied
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
MonotOny the Spice of Her Life

"Hello!" called female voice through
the telephone at the police headquar-
tiers.
Eyes, who is it,"
"Same woman who has telephoned you
before"
"Well."
"That same husband of mine has taken
that same jewelry and gone to the same
saloon to pawn it for whiskey."
"Weil."
"Well, this same woman is going over
and raised the same row about it,"
"And what do you want of u.s."
Nothing, except that you notify the
officer on the beat to keep his hands off
He may not be the same man."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
Increasing Woodland Grazing.
American Agricuiturist.

The pasturage of may pieces of wood
and might easily be trebled by allowing
the natural blue grass to mature seed one
svmme. If there is NO blue grass, it
should be sovn very early, and not be
pastured for , year. 1t does well even
In dense shade, gives early and late
pasture, endures close cropping, and ia
not much injured by tramping where the
land Is vet and soft-an important quail
fy.s as 1t Is not convenient to take the
stock on woodland pasture in vet wealth
er. The seed win catch on most wood
lands without preparation of the surface,
but old seed must be avoided.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN.
FLOWERS.
VOLTS.

The fields are wrapped In nantes Of white
OF glittering. drffted snow,
The earth's quick summer pulse Is gone,
Yet beating dim and slow,
Her muff1ed throbs come yelling up
From distant depths below.
1t cannot be the days are dead,
Though frozen are the streams;
For in the suns dull winter light
A promised summer cleans,
nd what are winters wraiths at last
But ghost Of summer dreams
Dream on. dream on, dear mother sarth,
TIL Aprii's fire shall glow.
Still in my heart the string tide swells
In endless ebo and flow;
see with prophetic eye
The violets in the snow
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
A Rose For Thurlow Weeds Grave.
New York Times.

During his long life Mr.. Thurlow Weed
was an enthusiastic admirer and warm
friend of Henry Clay. Some years since,
and a year or tso before his death, he sx-
pressed promise from his friend, Mrs.
Bessie NJ. Orion, that she would after his
death plant rose from Ashland, the
home of Clay, OF his grave. This prom
Use she has, By the kindness of Mrs d. c.
Mcdowell, been able to keep, and the
rose has been sent to Albany, n Y-,vhere
it will be planted on his grave BY his
daughter, Harriet Weed Long may it
grow and flourish over the grave of the
deceased statesman, as fitting emblem of
the lifelong friendship of the two great
men,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
Breyities.
DetroitF Free Pres

Hard to raise "A borrowed UNI
brells.
An old "hle" is usually rssping at q
saw,
A note of hand-A proposal of marriage
by mail.
dark desd-Making over the title to a
coal mine.
Getting the run of things-A conductor
on his first trip.
The colored vote-A ballot printed on
tinted paper.
fevery speech-An address at a mill
er's convention
A trained domestic-A servant ARA yed
in one of her mistresses' ball dresses.
McPelter sometimes calls his wife
through train" because she has 80 many
connections.
The difference between q modern opera
house during an unpopular play and 9
cottage of the last century! The one
experiences Iigh. rush while the other
had q rush light.
Gov. Fitzburgh Lee, of virgins, de-
mics the story Published by Adam Badsau
that Gen. b. z. Lees family vas in want
At the close of the war and relieved by
the Union amy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
"Is there no balm in 9fleads

% tkfeft % phy1lcfAn thereF
Thanks TO Dr.. Pierce. there 10 6 balm In his
Golden aedicAl Discoyegy"-a balm for every
wound" TO health, from colds, coughs, consump-
tion, bronchitis, and al chronic, blood lung and
liver affections OF druggists.
Prruoug silas Wogg, with . wooden leg
saw tw1 dogs fighting over bone, and attempt
ing to play peacemai r, he balanced himself o.
his peg and Kicked ths bone with his sound foot.
Whereupon one Of the dogs grubbed the wooden
leg. upsetsinz its owner, and yanking IL loose
made OF down the street with IT, Il required
several citizens to restore the leg and tho equii-
b-Tur Of fN r~a<Arunker
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
Money For Poor Irish Folks.

In speech in Boston on last Monday
evening John Boyle O'RsiiIy said that It
low estimate there we're sent from Bos-
ton $780, 900, each year by the Irish to
their relatives in Ireland.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
THE HOUSEHOLD.
SEA KALE.

Pick it out sprig by sprig, wash it well
and tie it up in punches. Place these in
large stew-pan full of fast boiling
water. AS soon as the stalks are soft, lift
each bunch carefully cut of the water and
lay them all on a sieve, cover them with
a cloth and place the sieve in hot place.
In ten or fifteen minutes all the water has
drained off, when the punches should be
united, the sprigs delicately disposed on
a napkin in a dish and served with plain
drawn butter or salad dressing in a sauce
hnat
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29

Arthur Rose, a colored citizen OF Cincinnati
O., has begun a $4,000 damage suit against a
variety actress for singing the song There's n
New Coon In Town" and pointing her finger at
him while he was occupying front seat in the
gallery. He thinks his reputation was damaged
by so much dfsagreeable publicity
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29

1t Is understood Secretary Whitney has
decided to accept the cruiser Atlanta.
The Boston will be given atrial trip next
month.
The Queen.
II Moxie Nerve food can take the place o.
drugging and stimulating, il has come TO stay
and many OF the doctors say il actually does
AFTER thirteen or fourteen months on the market
Us sale Is said TO be the largest ever known The
large citses are talking Moxie forever and every
nervous woman or overworked person thinks IL Is
the last half Of everything that has just been
teand fecr little MoSie weed, it never dreamed
icai world.
ST. Paul Daily Globe: The brilllan, young a
itoS OF the Duluth Herald Mile Runell is pans-
i ssnas,s,n % tne truth Of the maxim that there
or the best and his entry on the register looks
aoo,rt as much like one thing as another. Within
newspaper: Nellie Bunueli. MIee Bunuei. Wnis,
Bunnell, Mile BurweIl, Willie Rimnen Mile
Buneei, Melee Bunriel. 1t is Singular that MT,
Bunnell has never thought Of the idea OF proVid.
Ing himself Win rubber stamp,
FOOLS Rush in, Where Angels Fear to Tread
So impetuous youth is often given to folly and
nd,scretions; and, as a result nervous, ment~,
and organic debility follow, memory is impaired
se1-contdeuce Is lacking; at night bad dreams
occur, premature old age seems setting in, ruiz
IL il. the track. In confidence, you can, and
should write to DR.. X V. Pierce, Of Buffalo, n. Y.
the author OF a treatise for the benefit OF that
class OF patients, and describe your symptoms
and suf,erings. he can cure you az your home
and will send you fun particulars by mail.
The late Judge Barrows left 70 Bowdoin college
<op 10 found two or more scholarships, 10 he
| called the "Huldst Whtmore Scholarships" A
peculiar condition OF these scholarships is 20 be
/ that the students who shall be appointed by the
president OF the college to receive benefit shall
agree on their part to rreservsS0 far as riay be.
oy their reasonable Personal attention my lot in
/ the cemetery near tbs college from the appear.
suce OF neglect"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
Leading medical authorities indorse Ayers
SArSapArllla as the hest blood medicine

Captain Moore the Winsted, Conn, cronaut,
is making an enormous balloon which will hold
IS, coo feet of gas and will carry twelve persons
The muslin used in making IL il laid out in strips
OF the width manufactured, would extend nearly
a mile. The balloon will be taken to Chicago and
used in part for making areal observations for
the United States government
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29

Mr.. Andrew Carnegie gave his bride
house next to the yanderbilts and settled
on her an income of $50 900 year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
DARK CHOCOLATE CAKE.

One-half cup of butter, one cup of
sugar, one and one-half cups of flour, one
half cup of milk two eggs beaten sepsr-
stely, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar,
one-half teaspoonful Of soda and two and
one-half tablespoonfuls of chocolate.
Dissolve the chocolate over the steaming
tea kettle in q saucer, beat into it little
of the cake mixture, then beat it into the
whole of the cake mixture. Flavor with
vanilla and beat it briskly just before
putting into the oven.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
To ledi,

suffering from functiona, arrangements or any
Of the painful disorders OF weakness >es icd,,IIr
10 their sex, pr. Pierces treatise illustrated With
wood-cuts and coored plates (i6l pasesl, suggests
sure means OF complete self cure Sent for 10
cents in stamps Address Worlds DispenSary
Medical Association, Buffalo, y. Y.
\ New Jersey American while trav,.iu. in Can
ada called on the American consul at Guelph,
Ont. inquring for the Tag of his country, which
he expected 10 see proudly waving in the wind,
he found it doing duty in = back room as a
window curtain. This is not quite 50 bad as the
of an American consul in San Domingo,
towel.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
IL your blood is vitiated, cleanse Il without
clay by the use OF Ayers SarsanariIln

oxford PENN Press: \ picture that would
have gladdened the heart OF the Z. c, A. S, was
presented on our streets last week. A lot OF cows
and calves were being driven through town and
one OF the party of drivers carried along on his
shoulder calf almost big as himself. The
animal had given out on the trip.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29

This standard preparation has by its peculiar merit
and its wonderful cures the confidence of the
people, and is to-day the most popular blood purifier
Al y and spring medicine. If you have made
sSs Ss up your mind to buy Hood's Sarsapsrilla
do not be induced to take any other Be TO get
Hoods Sarssparia, which is peculiar 10 itself.
Hoods sarsaparis sold by druggists. 81; six for
IS. Prepared by c. I. Hood X Co. Lowell, Mass.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
The Frazer Axle Grease is the very best. A trial

They tell in ST. Louis OF = very precise woman
who sailed into dry. goods store and asked TO be
shown some "dignifers." "Wh-a-atf" STAN
merei the clerk. "Dignifers," said the lady Sc
verely. The clerk had to give it up. We'll
busues. them" snapped the precise person,
srnrnfnlIy